Tadgh Beirne.
That is all.
Blue sky!
U-Bend on Do You absolutely the most fun radio show of the year - www.mixcloud.com/do_you_radio...
A month overdue kinda gig review
open.substack.com/pub/tpoe/p/t...
Lots of focus on Ireland's musical chairs at No.10, on the wings and in the front row in this Six Nations.
The back row has been in some flux too
Piece here on what that says about where the team is going
www.irishexaminer.com/sport/rugby/...
Forza Italia!
It's Bandcamp Friday!
CMAT: "Junior Brother is the best artist this country has produced easily in 20-30 years"
Delighted to be a judge for the Irish artist of the year at the Choice Prize this year - even happier that CMAT is the winner. Was not a hard decision.
tbf, Bill Simmons has been spot on about this ever since it happened.
The Choice Prize is on today - always a great celebration of Irish music
Here's my run through the 10 nominees for Irish album of the year
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
RIP to one of the good ones. What a legacy of music he leaves behind
One of The Associated Press’ leaders on AI had a blunt message for the publication’s staff: Resistance to AI is “futile.”
www.semafor.com/article/03/0...
A landlord accused of evicting a family of eight while wielding a hammer has denied the claims against him, describing the allegations as “absolutely outrageous”.
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
‘It’ll devastate the village’: Over 30 homes in Co Wexford estate get eviction notices
www.thejournal.ie/wexford-evic...
Saoirse Ronan! Jessie Buckley! In a script written by Otessa Moshfegh!
deadline.com/2026/02/dako...
A first-listen review of an album that's not out for another two months? www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Oh good, the rain will return next week, phew!
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
No rain!?!
Clip from this week's episode of my music podcast
Cork band Cypress, Mine! on the legacy of their debut album Exit Trashtown - as they release the followup pulling all the clouds apart nearly 40 years on
Full interview: tr.ee/h-g184KDWr
How does he sleep at night?
Women's museum planned to replace International Rugby Experience in Limerick
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
"the ultimate goal is to increase train frequencies between Cork and Dublin to every 30 minutes and reduce travel times to 90 minutes between the cities"
www.irishexaminer.com/business/eco...
Me: It's important not to over-hype players too quickly. It's bad for their development.
Also me: We should start building the statue of Robert Baloucoune now so it's ready for when he wins us a world cup.
#IrevIta
If 36,000 new houses were built last year, why were only 58 sold to buyers in Dublin?
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Alexis Petridis on the Scratch www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...
she says that too